Any sports guys and girls in this area? Of course there are. There is a sporting collectibles sale and swap meet from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Gov. Mike Huckabee Delta Rivers Nature Center at 1400 Black Dog Road in Pine Bluff.

"This is our second year to have this event," Eric Maynard, director of the center, said. "We hope it grows each year."

Maynard said last year, there was one man who came to the center with a variety of things such as knives, antique fishing gear, duck decoys and a host of different styles of fishing lures.

"That is what will happen, people will bring just a few things or they will bring a whole closet of things related to hunting and fishing," Maynard said.

There are a couple of changes this year from last year’s event. Instead of having the event all day, the show will be held only in the morning that Saturday and with weather permitting, the sale and swap meet will be in the parking lot.

"People can pull down the tailgate if they wish and place their things on it," Maynard said. "They can also place blankets on the ground.

"One thing that isn't allowed are firearms," Maynard said. "They can bring photos, but no firearms at all."

The Gov. Mike Huckabee Delta Rivers Nature Center is the first of four free nature centers built by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission with revenue from Amendment 75, which allowed a one-eighth of one percent statewide sales tax passed in 1996.

The Delta and its rivers are the star attraction and exhibits vividly describe how the meandering waterways have changed the land and why swamps are valuable ecosystems.

For more information concerning the swap or the center, contact them at (870) 534-0011.